achy breaky
Throbbing and tender
Achy breaky describes something prone to aching or easily hurt, with a folksy, informal tone.
The phrase is almost inseparable from Billy Ray Cyrus's 1992 country hit "Achy Breaky Heart," which made it shorthand for melodramatic heartache or country music clichés: Don't go breaking my achy breaky heart.
- heartbreakCrushing emotional pain
- country musicRural Southern folk-pop genre
- countrySovereign state or territory
- line danceGroup choreography in rows
- mulletDual-length haircut
Billy Ray Cyrus · 90s · twang · honky tonk · jukebox · teardrops · cheatin · lonesome · hurtin · Nashville · cowboy boots · boot scootin · two-step · dance floor · rhinestone · pickup truck · trailer park · heartache
- Country Musichonky tonk, Grand Ole Opry, Nashville, CMT, country pop
- American dancesCharleston, twist, jitterbug, cakewalk, lindy hop